B.C.’s COVID-19 update for March 21

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Posted: March 21, 2022

B.C. March 21 reports 506 new cases of COVID-19 over the past three days, for a total of 354,084 cases in the province.

* March 18-19: 200 new cases;

* March 19-20: 170 new cases;

* March 20-21: 136 new cases.

The new cases include:

* Interior Health: 168

* Fraser Health: 114

* Vancouver Coastal Health: 74

* Northern Health: 52

* Island Health: 98

There are 271 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 49 are in intensive care.

In the past 72 hours, eight new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,974.

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Selkirk Seniors Village (Island Health), for a total of eight facilities with ongoing outbreaks.

As of Monday, March 21, 90.8% (4,525,281) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 87.0% (4,338,756) have received their second dose.

In addition, 93.4% (4,329,544) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 91.0% (4,216,654) received their second dose and 57.0% (2,644,222) have received a third dose.

Also, 93.7% (4,054,680) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 91.4% (3,952,512) received their second dose and 58.9% (2,545,653) have received a third dose.

From March 11-17, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 16.8% of cases. From March 4-17, they accounted for 26.1% of hospitalizations.

Past week cases (March 11-17) – Total 1,487

* Not vaccinated: 222 (14.9%)

* Partially vaccinated: 28 (1.9%)

* Fully vaccinated: 1,237 (83.2%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (March 4-17) – Total 437

* Not vaccinated: 101 (23.1%)

* Partially vaccinated: 13 (3.0%)

* Fully vaccinated: 323 (73.9%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (March 11-17)

* Not vaccinated: 61.6

* Partially vaccinated: 16.2